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Her eviction came despite legal efforts by her family – which heard from experts that moving elderly people in such a manner could lead to premature death – the intervention of Gordon Brown and a 1,700-name petition urging the council to keep the home open.

After the move Mrs Watts, who had spent four years at Underhill, said she had found it "dreadfully upsetting" to leave the home and friends she loved.

The former hospital cleaner said in January: "I was dreading leaving, we fought so hard to keep the place open. All my friends were there, I am going to miss it so much.

"I think it's unfair that we have had to move from the home and the council acted disgracefully. I think the elderly are badly mistreated and let down in this country."

Wolverhampton Council closed the 40-year-old home because it said it was no longer fit for purpose.